Birds to See in Florida in September
144 bird species on our list for Florida are recorded regularly in September
Of these, the most often recorded are Northern Cardinal, Red-bellied Woodpecker, Blue Jay, Mourning Dove and Northern Mockingbird. New this month: Palm Warbler, Gray Catbird, Black-throated Blue Warbler and Cape May Warbler and 23 more.
On the move in September
GBIF · SepArriving
At their peak
OvenbirdBusiest month of the year · Aug–May
Northern WaterthrushBusiest month of the year · Aug–May
Northern Yellow WarblerBusiest month of the year · Apr–May
BobolinkBusiest month of the year · Apr–May
Least FlycatcherBusiest month of the year · Sep–Apr
Alder FlycatcherBusiest month of the year · Aug–Oct
From Florida’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
Other months
All 144 birds in September
144 birds
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 3.67% in Sep
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 3.49% in Sep
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 3.33% in Sep
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 3.02% in Sep
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 2.85% in Sep
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 2.12% in Sep
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 1.99% in Sep
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolorResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.90% in Sep
OspreyPandion haliaetusResidentCommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 1.75% in Sep
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 1.58% in Sep
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 1.47% in Sep
Fish CrowCorvus ossifragusResidentCommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 1.43% in Sep
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 1.38% in Sep
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaResidentCommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.21% in Sep
Turkey VultureCathartes auraResidentCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year · 1.19% in Sep
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaWinter visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly Aug–May · 1.07% in Sep
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 1.04% in Sep- OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.77% in Sep
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Sep
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Sep
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Sep
Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubrisResidentCommon7–9 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Sep
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Sep
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Sep
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentCommon16–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Sep
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Sep
WilletTringa semipalmataResidentCommon33–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Sep
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusWinter visitorCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Sep
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisResidentCommon80–122 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Sep
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentCommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Sep
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Sep- Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisWinter visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.46% in Sep
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Sep- Northern Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestivaPassage migrantUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.45% in Sep
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Sep
Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitusSummer visitorCommon17–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Sep
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Sep
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaResidentUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Sep
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusResidentUncommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Sep
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentUncommon66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Sep
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusResidentCommon48–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Sep
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarumWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.32% in Sep
Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescensPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.31% in Sep
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Sep
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Sep
Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrinaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.26% in Sep
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.26% in Sep
Forster's TernSterna forsteriWinter visitorCommon33–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Sep
Wood DuckAix sponsaResidentUncommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Sep
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsWinter visitorCommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Sep
VeeryCatharus fuscescensPassage migrantUncommon16–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.23% in Sep
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaResidentUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Sep
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Sep
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentUncommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Sep
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusResidentUncommon23–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Sep
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.20% in Sep
Purple MartinProgne subisSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jan–Sep · 0.19% in Sep
Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatusPassage migrantUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.18% in Sep
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentUncommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Sep
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaResidentUncommon29–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Sep- BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorusPassage migrantUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.16% in Sep
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaSummer visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.16% in Sep
Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citreaSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.16% in Sep
Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalusResidentUncommon19–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Sep
Black TernChlidonias nigerPassage migrantUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Jun–Sep · 0.16% in Sep
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriResidentUncommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Sep
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentUncommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Sep
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.14% in Sep
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesResidentUncommon23–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Sep
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorUncommon31–35 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.14% in Sep
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentUncommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Sep
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentUncommon63–73 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Sep
Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanicaPassage migrantUncommon10–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.12% in Sep
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.12% in Sep
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Sep
Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrinaPassage migrantUncommon10–13 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.11% in Sep
Monk ParakeetMyiopsitta monachusResidentUncommon29–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Sep
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.11% in Sep
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentUncommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Sep
Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnoliaPassage migrantUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.10% in Sep
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaResidentUncommon40–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Sep
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.10% in Sep
Painted BuntingPasserina cirisSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.09% in Sep
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaWinter visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.08% in Sep
Piping PloverCharadrius melodusWinter visitorUncommon17–18 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.08% in Sep
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Sep
Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivaceaPassage migrantUncommon16–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.06% in Sep
Red KnotCalidris canutusResidentUncommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Sep
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusWinter visitorUncommon53–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Sep
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioResidentUncommon16–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Sep
Scaly-breasted MuniaLonchura punctulataResidentRare11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Sep
Red JunglefowlGallus gallusResidentUncommon42–75 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Sep
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaResidentUncommon43–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Sep
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentRare13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Sep
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatusResidentUncommon86–230 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Sep
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusWinter visitorUncommon34–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Sep
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorRare40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Sep
Fulvous Whistling-DuckDendrocygna bicolorResidentUncommon45–53 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Sep
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusWinter visitorUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.03% in Sep
Gray-cheeked ThrushCatharus minimusPassage migrantUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.03% in Sep- Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimusWinter visitorRare12–14 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.03% in Sep
- Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorumPassage migrantRare13–17 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.03% in Sep
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.03% in Sep
Burrowing OwlAthene cuniculariaResidentUncommon19–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Sep
Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollisPassage migrantRare18–20 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.02% in Sep
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaSummer visitorUncommon33–42 cmRegularly Jan–Sep · 0.02% in Sep
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusWinter visitorUncommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Sep
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.01% in Sep
Red-cockaded WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus borealisResidentRare20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Sep
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaWinter visitorRare24–28 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.01% in Sep
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.01% in Sep
Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virensWinter visitorUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.01% in Sep
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusSummer visitorRare18–19 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.01% in Sep
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusWinter visitorUncommon58–85 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.01% in Sep
Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapillaWinter visitorRare11–13 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.01% in Sep
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorPassage migrantRare22–24 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in Sep
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusResidentRare46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Sep
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentRare140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Sep
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentRare18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Sep
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusWinter visitorRare41–46 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.01% in Sep
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisPassage migrantUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.01% in Sep
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusWinter visitorRare15–17 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.01% in Sep
DickcisselSpiza americanaWinter visitorRare14–16 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.01% in Sep
Philadelphia VireoVireo philadelphicusPassage migrantRare11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in Sep
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentRare75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Sep
Upland SandpiperBartramia longicaudaPassage migrantRare28–32 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.00% in Sep
Swan GooseAnser cygnoidesResidentRare81–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Sep
Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmusPassage migrantRare28–32 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.00% in Sep
Yellow-bellied FlycatcherEmpidonax flaviventrisPassage migrantRare13–15 cmRegularly Sep–Oct · 0.00% in Sep
Great ShearwaterArdenna gravisPassage migrantRare43–51 cmRegularly Jun–Dec · 0.00% in Sep
Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallidaWinter visitorRare13–15 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.00% in Sep
Long-tailed JaegerStercorarius longicaudusPassage migrantRare48–58 cmRegularly Aug–Nov · 0.00% in Sep
Virginia RailRallus limicolaWinter visitorRare20–27 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.00% in Sep
Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagrisResidentRare53–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Sep
Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax trailliiPassage migrantRare13–17 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.00% in Sep
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriResidentRare38–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Sep
BudgerigarMelopsittacus undulatusSummer visitorRare18–20 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.00% in Sep
Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdiiPassage migrantRare14–17 cmRegularly Aug–Nov · 0.00% in Sep
Black SwanCygnus atratusResidentRare110–142 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Sep
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseaPassage migrantRare40–51 cmRegularly May–Dec · 0.00% in Sep
CockatielNymphicus hollandicusResidentRare30–33 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Sep
Sabine's GullXema sabiniPassage migrantRare27–33 cmRegularly Sep–Nov · 0.00% in Sep
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaWinter visitorRare58–70 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.00% in Sep
Mourning WarblerGeothlypis philadelphiaPassage migrantRare10–15 cmRegularly Sep–Oct · 0.00% in Sep
Data: EOD – eBird Observation Dataset (Cornell Lab of Ornithology), accessed via GBIF.org, CC BY 4.0. Records from 2019–2024, aggregated and filtered by Birdfact. How these lists are made